200 Follower Giveaway

I can't believe I have 200 followers I started this blog about 2 years ago and quit about after a month of doing it. I just didn't have the time to do it. Then this summer I decided I needed to focus on this blog once again and I can't believe I'm at 200 followers. I am so thankful to all the amazing bloggers and artists that donated items to this giveaway.I just want to say thanks for following this little ole' blog. You are in for a treat. All of these products are so darn cute! I wonder if I can put in for my own giveaway. HA! I wish. So let's get started:

Michelle  from The 3am Teacher is offering a gift certificate, the winner can choose any one set of their choice from her store.

Nikki from Melonheadz Illustrations is also offering any clip art set of your choice. 

Ginger from Ginger Snaps is offering her land form clip art set. 

Amanda from Teaching in a Small Town is offering her chevron papers with frames

Tammy from Dots of Fun is giving away a clip art set of your choice from her store

Christy and Tammy from Fluttering through First Grade are giving away their Halloween Sight Word Spook packet

Andrea from Reading Toward the Stars is giving away any product from her store.

Heather from The Busy Busy Hive is  giving away any product from her store.

Cindy from Granny Goes to School is offering her Turkey Craftivity and her Fall Roll and Cover from her store.

 I'm offering my new probability unit from my store.

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I've been boo-ed!

I've been boo-ed by Granny Goes to School I think this will be a fun linky party. Thanks for thinking of me :)

Here are the rules.................................................................

Here is my Halloween Share list: First off have you seen these darling free printables if you want to boo a neighbor or maybe another class? I found this darling printable at :tiffcreativeoutlet.blogspot.com http://tiffcreativeoutlet.blogspot.com/search/label/Halloween I am going to start boo-ing classrooms at my school tomorrow. This is the cute sign I'm going to put on their door:

Then I'm going to attach this to a bag of candy. I made these instructions so if you want to grab a copy go for it: HERE

I can't take credit for this next idea. I teach part-time and the lady I job share with well she came up with this darling idea. She has the students make black cats and they use dum dums for the eyes. Then on the outside of the pumpkin they write a joke and then you pull the stem and the answer is inside. These were a big hit at parent teacher conferences tonight. All of the parents wanted to see their child's and read their joke. Too cute!!

I'm passing the BOO onto these other great bloggers, so be sure to stop by for their Halloween goodies and great ideas. 

Amanda at Teaching Maddeness

Tammy at 1..2..3.. Teach With Me

Covered in Glitter and Glue

Mrs. Goodwin at ilive2learnilove2grow

Kelley at Buggy for Second Grade

If you would like to grab this mini-unit for free you can. I just put it on TPT. You can grab it HERE

Teaching with Style

 I can't believe I'm actually blogging my outfits. This isn't anything spectacular but here is what I wore to parent teacher conference today. I never had any idea how hard it is to take a picture of yourself in the mirror. I feel like such a DORK!!  But I couldn't miss linking up with Mrs. Prince teaching with style. I have always been a girl who LOVES clothes. In fact I got in trouble in JR. High for watching what everyone was wearing instead of focusing on grades. WHOOOPS!! Now I have a daughter and I love dressing her. I feel like I'm playing barbies all over again.

 Skirt and necklace from DownEast. I love DownEast for teacher clothes. Top from Bella Me. I love Bella ME it is my all time favorite store. They have the cutest clothes. They have a Facebook page you should check it out. Shoes from Dillards. Do you know about their after Christmas sale? I got these shoes for 10.00 regularly 50.00. It is the best sale EVER. I go every year and buy about five pairs of shoes. Mark it on your calendar right now, so you won't forget. It's on mine :). Don't mind the Halloween washcloth in the background. Don't you love when you notice things in the background after you have taken the picture.

what is up with my double chin? NOT A GOOD ANGLE!

You should link up too. She is giving away 2 free products to her store. I thought it was worth just linking up for that!

Currently October (freebie)/ 200 Follower Giveaway?

Wow, I can't believe it is October already. My all time favorite month is October. I love the crisp leaves and the temperatures. Our mountains covered in red, yellow, and  green is just beautiful. Here's a peek at my two little cuties in the fall leaves.  We have been making skeletons in my classroom. Have you heard dem bones on You Tube? Of course you probably have. It's my students favorite. They love to do the actions too. I think they could listen to it all day. Here it is::

 We made these cute crafts from crafts-for-all-seasons. The kids loved making them. Then we filled out this acrostic poem to go with it. I wish I had taken a picture of the finished product but you can get the idea. If you would like to snag a copy. I put it in google docs. I know the name is higher on the second one. I tried everything to fix it and it just wouldn't work for me. It was one of those nights. But once they're cut apart you can't even tell. 

 I'm also linking up with Farley I love how she writes she cracks me up every time I read her blog. I can't believe I'm at 200 followers. I would love to do a giveaway if anyone is interested in donating a product I WOULD LOVE IT. Shoot me an email.

Place Value Movin' (Freebie)

Does anyone use Expressions to teach math? Our district adopted their basal this year and we are required to follow it. We can't deviate from the text. I'm so sad. I used to LOVE teaching Math in fact I felt like that was where my students did the very best. The main reason I became a teacher is because I love to create. Now I feel like I can't do anything but teach Expressions. I don't mean to dis on it. It is a good program. But I miss teaching math the way I used to. So I guess now I'll have to put my creative juices into creating instead of using them in my own class. :( Can I just say how much I love to teach place value. I have a five year old boy and I really feel like he learns best when he is up and moving. This place value freebie will once again have your kiddos moving around the room. The last place value activity I made did the same thing. If you haven't downloaded it you can download it too. It's also free. I have a couple more ideas up my sleeve for place value too. I'll be making a few more in the next couple of weeks.  

                http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Place-Value-Movin

This is the other place value activity if you would like to download it as well. They're both FREE. Just click on the pictures and it will take you to TPT.

Books of the Month

I'm linking up with 1,2,3, Teach With Me. There are so many great books I can't wait to read in October with my students. Here are a couple of my FAVORITES:                  

My mom used to read this book to me when I was kid. We read it so many times I memorized it.  Now I'm reading it to my own children and they love it.

Okay I better stop, I could go on FOREVER!! I love this time of year and there are so many darling Halloween books. These are just a few of my favorites. You can also check out this post for some more Halloween teacher read alouds.    

Sight Word Turkey Time

I'm linking up with teacher to the core she is doing a linky party on sight word games. She has so many amazing ideas and isn't this graphic to die for?        

 I too have made some Thanksgiving sight word games. Just in time for the month of November. Check them out. I do it everyday during guided reading and my students LOVE them. It's the first thing they ask me when they come to the table. They want to know if we are going to play turkey time. There is a Kindergarten, First Grade, and a Second grade one if you want to check them out!